PPPR / MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL, 11, NO. 46, 5!>V^ LAKEVieW PILOT SELL YOUR TOBACCO ON THE ABERDEEN MARKET of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, October 16, 1931. FIVE CENTS County Fair is Opened to Tune of Heavy Guns Wide Variety of Exhibits and Amusement Features Enter tain Crowds at Carthage almost doubled IN SIZE With the firing* of the big 155 milli meter gun and its smaller satellite which rides perched upon the barrel of the large piec^ of artillery, the Moore County Fair for 1931 opened Tuesday, riot only with a bang but with a succession of them. The guns were manned by an artillery company of the National Guard from San ford under the command of Capt. Dan B. King. The numerous exhibits, housed in a tent which has been almost doubled in size over that used in fjormer years, made a most creditable showing of the industrial and agricultural attain ments of Moore county. The farm products, displayed under the able direction of County Agent E. H. Gar rison, Jr., demonstrated the versatili ty of the soil in this secti,on as well as what may be accomplished by the adoption of scientific farming meth ods. Naturally the old standbys, cot ton and tobacco, were on exhibition, but they were greatly over-shadowed by the displays of food and feed- stuffs, showing that Governor Gard ner’s “live-at-home” program is be ing closely practiced in Moiore county. Of special interest to those engaged in live-stock raising, was the various kinds of hay shown, including pea vine, soy bean, alfalfa and lespedeza. Grain crops were well represented, particularly corn, white, yellow and pop, being shown in attractive dis plays, while the varieties of the veg etable kingdom ,on exhibition included every practical kind known to this section from the smallest peas to im mense pumpkins, which would glad den the heart of any child if made into a Hallow-e’en Jack o’ lantern or later into a pumpkin pie. Canned Goods Display Canned go,ods and preserves that made the spectators long for a boun- ((Please turn to page 4) Jeffress Promises Aid in Planting- Midland Rd. State Highway Chairman Will Furnish Labor To Aid in Beautification Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the State Highway Commission promises to furnish the labor from men of his departnient if the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen will provide the seeds and plants wanted for further beautifi cation of the double road between Southern Pines and Pinehurst, J. Tal- t)ot Johnson of the club’s planting committee reported at Wednesday’s meeting of the club held at the Civic Club in Southern Pines. Mr. Johnson had a conference with Chairman Jef- fress in Raleigh last week. It is un-. derstood that arrangements will be promptly*made with the Highway de partment ^r the planting. Mr. Johnson also reported that Captain Charles D. Farmer, head of the State Highway Patrol, had prom ised to send five motorcycle patrol men here to assist with traffic and guarding of cars during next ''"eek’s Kiwanis convention at Pine- liurst. Wednesday’s meeting (of the Ki- ^anis club was given over the final planning for the big convention which opens next Wednesday. All chairmen of convention committees reported on their activities. The Rev. Craighill Brown was offi cially welcomed into the club by Hir am Westbrook, his sponsor, and Pres ident Richard Tufts. Robert N. Page Reported that the Raleigh Kiwanis Club was planning to attend next Peek’s convention almost 100 per cent. Among other clubs expected to come here en masse are San^rd and Fayetteville, while Wilmington and Pthers promise large delegations. Majestic Old Bethesda on Her 141st Birthday • Sandhills tc Entertain Two iwanis Clubs ^ext Week Governoi S Old Bethesda to Welcome Her j WILLIAM CALLERY Sons and Daughters Next Sunday pjgc gy Morning Preacher To Celebrate 141st Anniversary of Founding of Church on Home-Coming Day AT PITTSBURGH By Bion H. Butler Old Bethesda will celebrate Home Coming cay next Sunday, and with it the 141st anniversary ,of the founding of the church. Old friends of the church, former members, sons and daughters, grandsons and grand- Winter Resident of Southern Pines Victim of 111 Health and Financial Reverses of Two Sta * Convention Features Wednesday, Oct. 21 2:30 P. M.—Golf Tournament, Country Club. 8:30 P. M.—Get-Together Party, Carolina. 9.<30 P,. M.—Dance, Carolina. Thursday, Oct. 22 12:45 P. M.—Luncheon, Carolina. 2:30 P. M.—Archery Exhibition, Country Club. 4:00 P. M.—Military Guard Mount, Boxing Exhibition. 7:30 P. M,—Banquet, Carolina. 10:00 P. M.—Ball, Qountry Club. Friday, Oct. 23 10.55 A. M.—Election of Offi cers. Hu* For ^ . :pected at Pinehurst ' *ual Convention of C iTolinas District BOXING BOUTS A FEATURE Public Invited to Scraps at Race Track Thursday.—Gov. Gard ner and Gov. Blackwood to Speak at Banquet.—Golf Tour ney Wednesday. LEAVES WIFE AND FAMILY The Sandhills was shocked on Wed nesday to leam of the death by sui- daughters, great grandsons and great ’ ^ide of William Gallery, 38 years old, granddaughters of former members occasional winter resident of South- DR. HENRY LOUIS SMITH COUNTY HOSPITAL RATED CLA^ A BY SURGEONS’COLLEGE Unconditionally Approved as Meeting All Requirements of American Society CAUSE FOR GRATIFICATION The Moore County H,ospital at Pine hurst was unconditionally approved as a Class A hospital by the Amer ican College of Surgeons at its meet ing in New York this week. Word to this effect pas received on Wednesday morning by Dr. Clements Munroe. Only about 65 per cent of the hos pitals of the country are uncondition ally approved by the College of Sur geons, and for the local institution to win the c,oveted distinction in its brief career is a distinct cause for gratifi cation on the part of those responsi ble for the county’s new hospital, and for congratulation for the physicians of the county, the hospit^ staff and Dr. Munroe. The addition of the Moore County Hospital to the list means that the in- stituti,on has met with the rigid re quirements of the College of Sur geons, these requirements having principally to do with thoroughness in the treatment of patients rather than with physical equipment. The inspec tor who visited the local hospital spent most of his time here locking over the records of cases rather than the hos pital itself, observing the complete ness of case histories, of laboratory work, of analyses, the record (of suc cessful operations and treatments, the death rate, etc. That he found the hospital staff was doing its work 100 per cent is apparent from the recog nition given the institution this week. will gather with their picnic baskets to make a day of it in the historic churchyard. Dr. Henvy Louis Smith, president- emeritus of Davidson College and of Washington and Lee University, will preach in the morning. In the after noon a son of the church. Judge Thomas J. Shaw of Greensboro, broth er of Mrs. Robert N. Page of Aber deen, will be the speaker. The Rev. E. L, Barber, pastor of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, will offer pray ers, (Other Sandhills pastors join in the celebration of the occasion, and special music will play a part in the program. All are cordially invited to the service and to bring their basket luncheons for a Home Coming long to be remembered. The old Bethesda church, ,on the al- ern Pines and son rof Mr. and Mrs. J. Dawson Callery, who have made their home here for several winters. A special despatch to The Pilot from Pittsburgh, Pa., received on Wednes day says: “William Callery, wealthy Sewickley Valley clubman, ended his life early yesterday morning with a shotgun while sitting in his fashionable sur- burban home in Maple Lane, Shields. Attaching a string t,o the trigger of a shotgun and then wrapping it about his hand, Callery seated himself in a chair and placing the shotgun against his chest, ended his life. ‘‘A note asking his wife, the former Irene A. Daly, of Baltimore, Mary*^ land, to forgive him was found at his side. The note, which was writ- Charlie Picquet denies that as an added attraction to the boxing bouts next Thursday at the Pinehurst race track he is going to put Maxey Gard ner and Ibra Blackwood in the ring. He says folks are getting the Kiwanis program confused. It’s true that Max Gardner, who is Governor of North Carolina, and Ibra C. Blackwood, who is Governor of South Carolina are going to be here next Thursday, and that they are giO- ing to tell each other what they’d like to say to each other, but it is of ficially denied that any blows will be struck. It looks like a big week in Pine hurst. T« get to the story, the annual convention of the Carolinas district of Kiwanis International is to be held at the Carolina Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. This means a lot to the Kiwanians here who are spreading themselves to welcome the delegates and guests from eighty other clubs in the two Carolinas. But what means A boom hit the Aberdeen market | most to the Sandhills public is the. this week and everyone is feeling bet- ; boxing exhibition at 4 o’clock Thurs- ter. Quantities of good leaf came t(0 j day afternoon, for this is one feature the floors of both warehouses here, j of the convention to which the public and prices jumped away up. As | is invited, against the September average of j Boxing Bouts $9.52 a hundred for the Old Bright I ^eu^ns, 151-pound pride of TOBACCO PRICES JUMP AND MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY Monday’s Big Market Started Week Off With a Bang.—Av erage Over 12 Cents N. C. §ALES BELOW 1930 Belt, Monday’s average here was above $12.00, and the warehouses en joyed another big day Wednesday. With better prices f,or the farmers came better business for Aberdeen, so that everybody was happy. The report of the State-Federal De partments of Agriculture for the month of September showed total Fort Bragg, is slated to tackle Mickey Cummings, an Air Corps fisticuffer of the same weight, in the main bout— “ten rounds of boxing, gentlemen, for the middleweight championship of the Kiwanis Cionvention.” These boys are good, if you can believe Col. G. P. Hawes, who used to be in the army himself and who carded the bouts for producers’ sales in Aberdeen of 285,- j pijiej^^rst. 992 fK)unds at an average price of semi-final, Don King of the of Aberdeen, holds an uncommon in terest among the people of the Sand hills, for it is not only a factjor in the present day story, but it marks one ofvthe fundamentals in the crea tion of the community. The beginning , - 1 1 • ^ J. ten on stationery bearing the address, T*!. ‘Southern Pines, N. C.’ said he had only $25,000 life insurance, fn it he asked his wife t|0 try and hold the I stone business which he owned. The I letter bore no signature and ended by I bidding his wife good night. 1 “Relatives blame ill health ahd fi- of the history of Moore county is i . , .i. i. tt • I nancial reverses for the act. He is based on the grant to Henry McCul- loh about two hundred years ago of a dozen tracts of land on the upper Cape Fepr and Peedee rivers, each tract including over 100,000 acres. Pioneer Days McCulloh interested settlers on the lower end of the rivers and foll^owing them arrivals from Scotland about 1735 pushed farther up the stream. A little later came Neal McNeal with three or four hundred of the disap pointed followers of the Stuart prince- and CampbelltFown at Cross Creek laid the foundations of the city of Fay etteville. From there three or four streams of pioneering extended north ward, one in the territory of Harnett and eastern Moore, one up through the Longstreat country and (Over this way, and then another by way of An tioch and Drowning Creek farther to the west. For many a year Graham’s ((Please turn to page 4) FIRST SERVICES SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE CHAPEL The first services of the season will bib h6ld at the Pinehurst Chapel Sun day morning, with the Rev. T. A. Cheatham, rect